Leaders campaign in familiar grounds amid contrasts
In Newfoundland and Quebec the leaders of Canada’s major parties, Robert Stanfield and Pierre Trudeau, pressed campaigns on familiar turf. Trudeau marked six years as prime minister. Stanfield toured Newfoundland with stints from St John’s to Harbour Grace while attacking Liberal policy stance on fisheries and regional aid.
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Ken Pole
Robert Stanfield
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Trudeau
Asbestos
Que
Commons
Gerard Pelletier
Jean Marchand
Quebec
Margaret Trudeau
Farnham
St. Hyacinthe
Claude Wagner
Stanfield
Wagner
Department of
Conception Bay
Harbour Grace
Upper Island Cove
Ottawa
Frank Moores
Mr. Moores
St. John’s
Heathrow Airport Put Under Tight Security After Terror Threat
London Reuters reports troops and extra police deployed to Heathrow in a counter terrorist operation amid Middle East warnings of possible attacks on US Israeli or Dutch airliners. Police roadblocks and heightened security followed government statements of a constant general threat and intensified measures.
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London
Reuter
Heathrow
Middle East
United States
Windsor
Grenadier Guards
Home Office
Daily Mail
Just like Jesse James on Rome to Turin Mail Car Heist
Three masked bandits armed with pistols and sub-machine guns robbed the Rome Turin mail train before dawn. They killed a police officer, bound postal workers, and escaped with mail bags after derailing the car. They fled toward Rome in a car after stopping a passing vehicle. The officer’s body lay beside the tracks.
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Rome
Venezuela to raise oil tax on foreign firms in July
Venezuela announces a tax hike on foreign oil companies starting July 1 as Mines Minister Valentine Hernandez Acosta cites curb on excessive profits after price rises. Details of the rate are not given, but government sources expect it to exceed two percent amid a high revenue outlook.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Mines
Valentine Hernandez Acosta
Canada
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Quito
Ecuador
Canada World Exhibition clash set for Medicine Hat
An all star Western Canada Hockey League team will host Team Canada from the WHA in Medicine Hat September 5 at the Arena Convention Centre. The five game series features Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon and Brandon or Regina as other sites. Team Canada will face the Russian national team in late September. Scotty Munro will coach the WCHL juniors and Bill Harris will coach Team Canada. Rosters for both sides are not yet selected.
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Western Canada Hockey League
WCHL
World Hockey Association
WHA
Canada
Medicine Hat
Arena Convention Centre
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
Brandon
Regina
Team Canada
Scotty Munro
Calgary Centennials
Bill Harris
Toronto Toros
Wheat sale details revealed by Lang
Otto Lang announced a 74 percent million bushel 350 million sale of Canadian wheat to China, the largest since 1972. Two contracts totaling about 74 million long tons will ship by year end with 25 percent paid on loading and the rest within 18 months under a government guarantee.
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Saskatoon
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
China
Mr. Lang
Lang
Canada
Soviet Union
Winnipeg
Wheat Board
Iia
Peking
China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corporation
Egypt's Sadat vows to defend Lebanon with air force
President Anwar Sadat says Egypt will deploy its air force to shield Lebanon from Israeli raids even if it risks broader conflict. Reports say Egypt offered five MiG-21 squadrons for Lebanon defense, while Syria may supply mobile SAMs and shoulder-fired missiles to Palestinian refugee camps.
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Egypt
Lebanon
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Nixon
Sadat
Beirut
As Sayyad
Jouaya
Nahariya
Jerusalem
Ramat Eshkol
NATO Leaders Sign Atlantic Declaration At Brussels Meeting
Fifteen NATO heads of state signed a new Atlantic declaration reaffirming alliance principles and closer consultation. The ceremony at NATO headquarters featured leaders in alphabetical order led by Belgium’s Leo Tindemans and ending with the United States’ Richard Nixon, with Canada represented by Senator Paul Martin. France did not attend in person, sending Premier Jacques Chirac instead, marking the first French premier at NATO HQ since De Gaulle expelled the alliance’s base.
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Brussels
NATO
Council
Leo Tindemans
U.S
Nixon
Paul Martin
Canada
France
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Jacques Chirac
Charles de Gaulle
Alliance
Beef legislation ready to stabilize Canadian beef sector
Canada prepares a post election plan to cushion beef producers with a quality premium, not a subsidy. Legislation aims to guarantee a minimum income tied to five year averages, while linking DES beef disputes with possible private veterinarian assurances.
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Canada
Mr. Williams
U.S
Department
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Union Nationale
Maurice Duplessis
New Democratic Party
David Lewis
Ontario
Peter Signorelli
NDP
Lewis
Signorelli
North Labor Party
Pease
Jesse James
THE
Associated Press
Cairo
Aharon Yariv
Guy Demarino Southam
U.s.-Canada
S. B. Williams
Williams
U.S. Agriculture
Earl Butz
Agriculture
Eugene Whelan
Whelan
Hilray Farms Ltd
Stratford
Essex-Windsor
Liberal Party
Bruce
Huron
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